#read it and be changed (positive

[umblrspectrum]

tessa, being the edgy little freak she is, obviously took the original darkxwolf username

[bixels]

As cameras becomes more normalized (Sarah Bernhardt encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use cameras because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by manufacturing companies. I paint not because I want a painting but because I love the process of painting. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

if i have to explain to you that using a camera to take a picture is not the same as using generative ai to generate an image then you are a fucking moron.

[thatsitso]

So I finished orv

[thirdsonofeve]

Innocent changes the rules to allow priests to marry, but they can only marry other priests bc of issues regarding inheritance and nepotism and potential distractions that might come with family life (also heavily implied that they are expected to still be chaste so it's not really a marriage it's more... "lifetime partnership").

Queue bellesco chaos wedding. Aldo agrees after Tedesco proposes for the eleventh time (while Aldo was fucking him, mind you). Thomas almost dies on the spot when he hears about the engagement.

They're both bridezillas. Mandorff has to study ceremonial code for three weeks to figure out how it's supposed to be done while both Aldo and Tedesco ague about it (with him and with each other). The ceremony is heteronormative to such a degree that Tedesco (being lower in the church hierarchy) has to be referred to as the "bride".

The media is going nuts about it, the coverage is on the level of a british royal wedding. What do you mean the progressive secretary of state and the archconservative patriarch of Venice who were both trying to become pope six months ago are getting married?????

The ceremony is public (and live-streamed) and Vincent panics while pronouncing them "husband and wife in their service to the Lord" and blurts out that Aldo "may kiss the bride". That was not in the script AND it's their first kiss.

When they are sent off on their honeymoon Aldo realizes this entire thing was just a scheme to force him to take a vacation and to keep Tedesco distracted while Vincent pushes through his most radical reforms.

[nicollekidman]

realizing that people who equate cynicism with intellectual rigor are often just being lazy and pathetic has been so helpful tbh

[bonebabbles]

RiverClan Refugees

Gorseclaw and Lizardtail want to join ThunderClan because they watched Harelight, their only other family, get publicly executed in front of them

They are trying their hardest to be useful and polite while being refugees in ThunderClan, and get mistreated for the effort-- having their food preferences mocked, getting told they're taking up space, hearing a steady stream of slurs, etc

After one more mass shaming session where Squirrelstar asserts they won't be accepting new cats, Sunbeam and Fernstripe join in on condescending them, and we get this;

"It would have felt bad turning them away, but if they chose to go home (AFTER BEING BULLIED FOR SEVERAL CHAPTERS) then there was no need to feel guilty"

This does not come across as these two earnestly missing home and choosing to go back; it comes across like they're accepting the fact that they are unwanted and getting out of dodge before it gets worse.

Honestly, I'm at the point where I can't call this a lack of self awareness. The difference between ThunderClan's treatment of Gorse and Lizard vs RiverClan's treatment of Wasp is obvious to me. The narrative is straightforwardly pro-xenophobic as long as it isn't overtly violent.

Social bigotry is fine. Good, even, to separate the "desirable" immigrants from the "undesirable" ones. What defines those categories? A good one will assimilate fully and leave their culture behind; a bad one only wants safety and a better life for their family.

Terrifying, imo, considering how the irl overton window has shifted on migration at the time of writing this in 2025. Does the spectre of the times loom over these words as I speak them? I hope not.

[orphic-academia]

[molathesunfish]

more of this one i'm quite fond of her

[lem0nademouth]

so what i’ve learned from reading comments and tags by people who hate Jeffery Goldberg is that 1. they are completely unserious, 2. they genuinely expect journalists to risk and/or sacrifice their lives (and potentially the lives of their loved ones), 3. they hate journalists who don’t violate laws or the code of ethical journalism and think presenting information without editorialization is bootlicking, 4. they are horrifyingly antisemitic

[comfort-character-central]

Imagine your f/o placing reassuring hands on your shoulders, giving you a kind smile. "I just wanted to tell you that you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I'd be lost without you."

[aquamonstra]

I've been gleefully diving into the Veilguard critical tags and it's honestly such a relief to see that my opinions on the game are in alignment with longtime fans of the franchise.

There are still some elements of it I enjoy (mostly just visual ha...) and GODDAMNIT IM GOING TO GET MY MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF IT

Anyway I'll be over here cherry picking Evanuris lore and olgling my hot Rooks myself I guess.

[hayaku14]

boomer kaito socmed au where kaito likes to randomly sign off his tweets with the rose emoji 🥀 but rn it's evolve into being used as the new 😭→💀→🥀 emoji so twitter just thinks kaito is laugh crying or being sarcastic/ironic all the time lmao

@.kaito.k finally coming home to shinichi today!!!! 🥀

>>oh girl that's not....

>>> i don't think he knows this 🥀 lmao 🥀🥀🥀

>>>>shh let him be, he's not chronically online like us 🥀

>>>you must be new here he's been using that emoji since before he blew up let him live 💀💀💀

>>>ofc a 💀 user would say that

[wackywatchdotcom]

falls to the ground. my favorite song is one that i looked at back in early march and went oh, this works well for ragatha... and im listening to it again and i DO still think it fits ragatha a lot. but it ALSO fits gangle. but i dont wanna put the same song on two character playlists from the same series, so im just gonna keep it on ragathas. either way it mainly fits manager gangle specifically but not the entirety of her. i think it fits ragatha more generally

[yache-berries]

*sends them off to Unova for their umpteenth honeymoon in my school's clubhouse room*

[camels-pen]

usopp and sanji late night impromptu date swimming in the aquarium. reblog if you agree

[heich0e]

i can't believe ppl have the gall to post unsolicited criticism/corrections in the comments of fics. NOT very demure... NOT very mindful...